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Know your Ovulation TimeCervical Fluid (Billings or Ovulation Method)
In this method ovulation is predicted by observing and recording daily changes in the amount , consistency and colour of the cervical mucus. The mucus sample is obtained from inside the vagina using either your fingers or a tissue. The mucus changes from day to day can be recorded in a chart.
A woman's cervical fluid varies greatly throughout her cycle. Immediately following menstruation, in the pre-fertile stage, there may not be any mucus present (early dry days) or the vaginal mucus is cloudy, sticky, dryish and the amount is relatively little. If you pull it between your fingers it will break and not stretch at all. As ovulation and fertility approaches the mucus changes from cloudy and thick to thin, clear and slippery resembling egg white and suddenly increases in amount for one or two days. If you pull this mucus between your fingers, it will be clear and stretchy. Ovulation occurs 24 hours after this mucus peak and this is the mucus which will enable the sperm to swim rapidly through the cervix. This period is considered as the most fertile. After ovulation, mucus decreases in quantity and becomes cloudier and stickier again and may be absent altogether for a few late dry days, until your next period starts. Basal Body Temperature (BBT)
Basal Body Temperature chart is a way commonly used to determine the time of ovulation. The basal body temperature refers to the temperature of your body at rest. You will need a special thermometer or ovulation thermometer and graph papers or a special chart. To determine your BBT, record your temperature everyday upon awakening before you get out of bed. Immediately after ovulation there will be a slight (no more than 0.4 to 1.0 degree Fahrenheit) but definite rise in your body temperature. Temperatures remain elevated until the next menstrual period.
Prior to ovulation, a woman's basal body temperatures generally range from 97.0 to 97.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures are suppressed at this time due to the presence of the hormone estrogen. After ovulation, due to the production of the heat-inducing hormone progesterone, temperatures rise to about 97.6 to 98.6 F. This rise in temperature indicates that ovulation has occurred. Your most fertile day is the one immediately before the rise in temperature. This method can be best utilized along with other fertility signs such as a pain or ache felt on one side of the lower abdomen, to be accurate. When a woman is pregnant, her temperature remains elevated throughout pregnancy 
. This test can also be used to know whether a woman is ovulating or not. If ovulation does not occur the normal temperature remains static always.
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